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SafeWise notes city’s violent crime rate three times lower than state average
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Sumner freshman Joy Mahnken, right, and junior Anna Hurd wrestle for the ball during the final regular season game Friday. The Spartans beat White River Friday, winning the 2A South Puget Sound League title. Sumner finished the season undefeated in conference play. Photo by Sarah Wehmann
Bonney Lake and Enumclaw attract residents for a variety of reasons. SafeWise, a company that provides resources and reviews related to home security, named both in its list of Washington’s top 50 safest places to live. Bonney Lake made the list at No. 43, with a violent crime rate nearly three times lower than the state average. Only six robberies were reported in 2012, even though the city’s 2010 census boasted a population over 17,000 people and it continues to grow. Crime statistics for 2013 were not immediately available at the time of press. Bonney Lake Police Officer Daron Wolschleger credited the safety of Bonney Lake to a goal-oriented police department that’s passionate about their relationship with the community.
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City withdraws land-use appeal Urban development and agricultural preservation halted
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Sarah Wehmann Staff Writer
The city of Sumner withdrew its appeal regarding the area of land known as Orton Junction
after Michael Corliss, the primary property owner, withdrew his appeal of the ruling from July 2012. In 2010, Corliss brought the idea to the city of Sumner to build commercial, mixed use, pedestrian-oriented development in the area south of state Route 410. Corliss also discussed
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donating an area of land to the YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties for a new location, Sumner Community Development Di rec tor Pau l Rogerson said in an email. However, the land Corliss owned was not
within Sumner’s city limits. The land was listed as rural. In order to build urban level development, the area of land would have to be annexed into the city. But only land within a city’s urban growth area can be annexed, so the first step was to get the rural area Corliss owned listed as urban, Rogerson said. All decisions under the Growth Management Act
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urban growth area are decided by Pierce County after consulting with the city. By January 2012, Sumner had prepared a detailed application to Pierce County requesting the land be placed under the city’s urban growth area. Rogerson said the city’s application had to show a need for the new land while accommodating
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